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The Horror Genre

The Horror Genre. The Horror Genre. What horror films do you know about or have heard of? What is the same things in horror films/movies?. The Horror Genre. - the audience experiences/feels, fear or disgust. - Stories often have an evil force, event or supernatural character.

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The Horror Genre

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  1. The Horror Genre

  2. The Horror Genre • What horror films do you know about or have heard of? • What is the same things in horror films/movies?

  3. The Horror Genre • - the audience experiences/feels, fear or disgust. • - Stories often have an evil force, event or supernatural character. • - Settings are usually in small town America, in quiet neighbourhoods and in woods. • - Shadows and darkness play an important part. • -The colour red is often symbolic.

  4. Horror through the ages • Audiences today aren’t easily frightened. Directors need to come up with a new angle or use comedy. • Can you think of any films that have done this successfully?

  5. History of Horror • 1890s-George Melies’ ‘Monster Movies’ • 1922-German Vampire Flick. • 1930s-Gothic Horror from Universal Studio (Frankenstein, Dracula). • 1950-Alien Invasions (Body Snatchers, Thing from another World). • 1960s-Hammer Films

  6. History of Horror-1960-1970s • Late 1960s-Psychological Horror from Hitchcock (Psycho). Michael Powell’s ‘Peeping Tom’. • Late 60’s-70s-Occult horror (Rosemary’s Baby, Exorcist)-Walking Dead (Romero’s 1968 ‘Night of the Living Dead’. • 1970s-Gore fests such as Carpenter’s ‘Last House on the Left’, Tobe Hooper’s ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’

  7. History of Horror-Late 70s/80s • 1978-Carpenter’s tension filled Halloween. • Romero’s Zombie’s continued to shuffle along in ‘Dawn of the Dead’ and the ‘Day of the Dead’

  8. History of Horror-1990s • Post-modern, self aware horror from Wes Craven and Kevin Williamson (Scream Trilogy) • 1999-Blair Witch mockumentary. • Japanese Horror floods the market with ‘Ringu’, ‘Ju-On’ (The Grudge)

  9. History of Horror-2000+ • American remakes of Japanese Horror (Ring, Grudge, Dark Waters) • Revisiting of old villains in a new guise (Freddy V Jason, Halloween H2O, Alien V Predator).

  10. Horror sub genres • Can you think of any horror sub genres? • We are going to look at the Vampire sub-genre. • Do you know any of the codes and conventions of the vampire sub genre?

  11. Vampires • Fangs • Suck blood • Creatures of the night • Fear of garlic • Fear of crosses • Killed by a stake driven through the heart • Live in old castles • Sleep in coffins • Terrify local people

  12. Count Dracula • Vlad Dracul • Bram Stoker’s Dracula • Count Dracula • Development of the sub genre.

  13. Your own vampire film • You are a film producer, you have the opportunity to produce your own vampire movie. • Where would you set your movie? • What is the story? • What techniques would you use to film your movie?

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